and taro, brought by Maori from tropical islands.

A regional variation of this is termed "barrow pit" in the western United States (especially the Rocky Mountains). The localism--sometimes pronounced "borrer pit"--describes the ditch along a roadway. These ditches were excavated to provide the fill to level and crown the roadway and subsequently provided drainage for the road.

An excavation lake (also a flooded gravel pit) is an artificial

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